Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled universal credit claimants have been sanctioned for failing to undertake the required work-related activities.

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

However, we engage at a personal and individual level with all of our claimants and are committed to tailoring the support that we give, and any conditionality requirements to the specific circumstances of the individuals.

We take a number of steps to make sure our decisions are fair. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances into account, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause, before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.